Finance Score: 1

Governance Score: 6

Support Score: 6

Low unrestricted reserves: -2
Fundraising costs low: +3

Good trustee age range: +3
Gender balanced board: +3

Grant maker support: +6

Overall GiG Score: 13

EMMAUS MERSEYSIDE

To run and maintain the Emmaus community in Merseyside which provides a home and work and a community for formerly homeless people.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers recently
There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
Fundraising costs are unusually low relative to funds raised
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender

Financial issues to consider:

Unrestricted reserves appear to be dangerously low at the latest year end

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?

Sources of Income ?

Y/E		Income £k	Spending £k	Surplus/ Deficit	Fundraising Cost £k	Total Funds £k	Unrestricted Funds £k	Mths Rsrvs	Staff	Volun- teers
31/03/23	*	£526	£384	£143	£1	£382	£64	2	5	6
31/03/22		£438	£418	£20	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	6
31/03/21		£390	£459	£-69	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	7
31/03/20		£498	£428	£70	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0
31/03/19		£497	£429	£67	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	5
31/03/18		£315	£296	£18	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/17		£237	£211	£26	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/16		£145	£125	£20	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/15		£150	£161	£-11	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/14		£88	£37	£51	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/13		£7	£26	£-19	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/12		£1	£12	£-11	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/11		£11	£11	£0	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/10	*	£7	£1	£6	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/09		£3	£1	£2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/08		£3	£2	£1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/07	*	£3	£2	£1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/06		£8	£1	£7	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Financial Ratios

Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0.1%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0.1%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 20%
Liabilities/Income: 18%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 17%
Reserves/Spending: 2 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 12 months
Quick Ratio: 9.1

Asset Split ?

Established: 19 years

www.emmaus.org.uk/merseyside

emmaus.merseyside@live.co.uk

01519281588

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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Listed activities

Accommodation/Housing
Economic/Community Development/Employment
Education/Training
The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

GiG Classification

Services for the elderly

How it operates

Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides buildings/facilities/open space
Provides human resources
Provides services

Where it operates

Knowsley, Liverpool City, Sefton, St Helens, Wirral,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
Elderly/Old People
Other Defined Groups
People With Disabilities

Who works here?

5 employees
6 volunteers

Who's supporting them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following significant donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Major supporters in last 5 years

Steve Morgan Foundation	£25,000
National Lottery Community Fund	£20,000
The Clothworkers Foundation	£7,300
Community Foundations for Lancashire & Merseyside	£2,500

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
The Clothworkers Foundation - Grant to Emmaus Merseyside
£7,300	09/10/2023	Purchase of the gardening equipment for a charity which works with homeless and socially excluded people in Merseyside
Community Foundations for Lancashire & Merseyside - Bicycle Repair Coursing
£2,500	01/03/2023	To send 2 formerly homeless individuals to a Level 2 Bicycle mechanics repair course, allowing them to ern a qualification that may lead to employment.
Steve Morgan Foundation - Grant to Emmaus Merseyside
£25,000	27/02/2023	2 year grant for the Garden/Horticultural Supervisor salary
National Lottery Community Fund - Emmaus Beautiful Garden
£10,000	11/11/2022	The funding will be used for the development of the Participation Garden to deliver positive impacts for Companions the local community and a range of stakeholders. The project aims to helping to ....more The funding will be used for the development of the Participation Garden to deliver positive impacts for Companions the local community and a range of stakeholders. The project aims to helping to integrate formerly homeless people into the community enabling them to make a positive contribution to their own community and help change negative perceptions of homeless people.
National Lottery Community Fund - Working to end Homelessness
£10,000	05/03/2021 6	The funding will be used to support vulnerable people in the homeless community during Covid 19. The project aims to continue supporting with accommodation and skills training to help gain employment ....more The funding will be used to support vulnerable people in the homeless community during Covid 19. The project aims to continue supporting with accommodation and skills training to help gain employment and self-sustainability to aid successful return to mainstream society.
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Emmaus Merseyside
£100,400	03/12/2015 36	towards three years' salary of the Community Manager at a project providing supported housing accommodation to homeless people in Merseyside

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (6)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Based on 5/6 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 40-76

DEBBIE SEED Appointed: 2020

NEINA CAVE Appointed: 2015, Occupation: Businesswoman

LEON MCCOWAN Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Businessman

NICHOLAS THOMPSON Appointed: 2016, Occupation: Retired

PHIL ADAMS Appointed: 2015, Occupation: Accountant

JOANNE HENNEY (Chair) Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Hr, Other trusteeship: EMMAUS U.K.,

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 27/06/2005, number: 1110220
Registered at Companies House on 16/03/2004, number: 05075117

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Complaints handling
Conflicting interests
Risk management
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Volunteer management

Filing Record

18 returns made; AR23: 19 days late, AR10: 221 days late, AR07: 100 days late,

Main office

1 School Lane
Seaforth
LIVERPOOL
L21 3TQ

Objectives

3. THE ALLEVIATION AND RELIEF OF POVERTY, HARDSHIP AND DISTRESS ARISING THEREFROM TO THOSE IN NEED WITHOUT DISTINCTION BY:3.1. THE PROVISION OF ACCOMMODATION, OR ASSISTANCE IN SUCH PROVISION, FOR THE POOR AND HOMELESS IN THE MERSEYSIDE AREA AND SUCH OTHER PLACES AS MAY SEEM APPROPRIATE FROM TIME TO TIME;3.2. THE PROVISION OF EDUCATION, TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT TRAINING FOR SUCH PERSONS, WITH THE PURPOSE OF DEVELOPING SKILLS TO ENABLE THEM TO GAIN EMPLOYMENT;3.3. THE SUPPORT OF THE WORK OF OTHER EMMAUS COMMUNITIES OR OTHER AGENCIES IN THE RELIEF OF POVERTY AND HOMELESSNESS WHETHER IN THE UNITED KINGDOM OR ELSEWHERE IN THE WORLD AND IN PARTICULAR (WITHOUT LIMITATION) BY THE EXCHANGE OF RESOURCES, INFORMATION AND EXPERTISE WITH OTHER EMMAUS COMMUNITIES WORLD WIDE;3.4. THE FULFILLING OF SUCH OTHER PURPOSES AS MAY FROM TIME TO TIME BE RECOGNISED BY ENGLISH LAW AS BEING CHARITABLE AND WHICH THE CHARITY SHALL FROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINE.

Defined Area of Benefit:

WORLDWIDE IN PARTICULAR MERSEYSIDE.

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